Embattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome Monday made a submission of no case in the court case in which he is being tried for wilfully causing financial loss to the state among other charges.

The state has two weeks to respond to the submission of no case filed by Mr. Woyome who is standing trial for defrauding by false pretence and conspiracy to commit crime.

The parties will return to the court on 17 March, 2014 for a date on which the court will give its ruling on the submission.

Mr. Woyome obtained a 51 million Ghana Cedis judgment debt payment but the state contends the payment was obtained fraudlently.

But Reginald Seth Dogbey, spokesperson for Mr. Woyome told Joy News they are confident about their case.

He said the submission of no case is an indication that they are almost going to end the case, and was confident Mr Woyome would be exonerated.

He claimed the state has “not been able to prove anything” they preferred against Mr Woyome, adding that from day one they have argued that Woyome was “innocent”.

 Seth Dogbey said, “if you have followed the case closely, you will understand that all the things they have said they can’t prove them. On the [strength of the] arguments on 17th [March] Ghanaians will know that the [state] has no case.”

 He indicated that the defence lawyers would shred the charge sheet of the state.

“Things like defrauding by false pretense, causing financial loss - it’s funny. They have not been able to prove all those things.

“Were documents forged? No, they couldn’t prove that; did he use another person’s name? no, they couldn’t prove that; causing financial loss to the state, is he a government official? So they have no case as we said.”

The state filed a civil suit to retrieve millions of monies it paid mistakenly to Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome.

The Attorney-General is therefore seeking an order for the refund of the judgement debt of GH¢51,283,480.59 paid to Mr Woyome because, according to the state, it was procured by fraudulent means.

Among the reliefs contained in the writ filed at the Registry on January 16, 2012 by the Attorney-General is a declaration that the terms of settlement filed on June 4, 2010 to the effect that Mr Woyome should be paid the sum in three equal instalments of GH¢17,094,495.53 were procured by mistake on the part of the A-G and due to fraudulent misrepresentation by Mr Woyome.